Summary

This introduction to world geography explores our increasing interdependent world from a development perspective.
This perspective provides a framework for understanding the increasing commercial, cultural, political, and economic intersection between cultures and regions, and helps students understand how these global intersections affect our local environment.

Table of Contents

Part One Basic Concepts and Ideas

1

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David L. Clawson

James S. Fisher

1 Geography: An Exciting Discipline

2

(15)

2 People and Resources

17

(16)

3 Physical and Cultural Components of the Human Environment

33

(27)

4 More Developed and Less Developed Countries: An Overview

60

(31)

Part Two Anglo America

91

(66)

James S. Fisher

5 Anglo America: The Bases for Development

92

(28)

6 Anglo America: Economic Growth and Transformation

120

(20)

7 Anglo America: Problems in a Developed Realm

140

(17)

Part Three Western Europe

157

(62)

Louis De Vorsey, Jr.

8 Western Europe: A Varied Home for Humanity

158

(13)

9 Western Europe: Landscapes of Development

171

(21)

10 Western Europe: Old Nations Meeting Modern Challenges

192

(27)

Part Four Eastern Europe, Russia, and the Eurasian States of the Former Soviet Union

219

(70)

Roger L. Thiede

11 Eastern Europe: The Land Between

220

(23)

12 Russia and the Eurasian States of the Former Soviet Union: Land and People

243

(22)

13 Russia and the Eurasian States of the Former Soviet Union: Economic Activity

265

(24)

Part Five Australia/New Zealand and Japan

289

(42)

Jack F. Williams

14 Australia and New Zealand: Isolation and Space

290

(14)

15 Japan: The Economic Giant

304

(27)

Part Six Monsoon Asia

331

(100)

Christopher A. Airriess

16 Monsoon Asia: An Introduction

332

(13)

17 China and its Pacific Rim Neighbors

345

(30)

18 Southeast Asia: Unity in Diversity

375

(21)

19 South Asia: The Past in the Present

396

(35)

Part Seven The Middle East and North Africa

431

(62)

Douglas L. Johnson

20 The Middle East and North Africa: Physical and Cultural Environments